Chair Brian Shea announced that the Annual Town Meeting Warrant is open until December 17th. Read the full article → from Town Meeting Warrant to close December 17th (May include Articles on Local Meals Tax and researching Transfer Station future)
Flags in Southborough and across the nation are flying at half staff until sunset tomorrow, December 7, 2019, in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Read the full article → from Why flags will be at half staff: Saturday, December 7, 2019
It appears that I misunderstood (and therefore misreported) the ZBA’s decision on approved permit uses for the lot at the corner of Main and Newton. Read the full article → from Clarification on ZBA’s 2018 decision on 2 E Main St
A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: Planning still on (so far) and BOS on Audits and thickly-settled speed limits (Updated)
A proposal for a building on the often publicly-lamented vacant lot downtown failed to get approval due to objections over the size/scale for the location. The developer is looking for Land Court to overturn the Planning Board’s decision. Read the full article → from Developer appealing denial of 2 E Main St special permit (Updated)
A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: Selectmen on Transfer Station funding
If you were planning on conducting business in person at the Town Clerk’s, Treasurer’s, or Selectmen’s offices tomorrow, you should adjust those plans. Read the full article → from Limited access to Town House tomorrow
Recently, I’ve covered criticism of how the Town has handled meeting minutes. So, it’s only fair that I highlight the transparency improvements that I discovered as well. Read the full article → from Town efforts to improve transparency around meeting minutes
A letter from the state’s Public Records Division ties together two recent stories on the blog: a rebuke of Southborough’s handling of Executive Session minutes and concerns raised about a “monster” on Town-owned Conservation Land. Read the full article → from State instructs Town it must justify exemptions to OML for records about Town-owned farm dump
I’ve learned that the meeting will be postponed one week – to Tuesday, November 26th. Read the full article → from BOS (and Library Trustee) meeting postponed to next week
A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: BOS postponed; Regional School Committee (Plus OML Training) – Updated
On Tuesday night, the Town Treasurer will present a plan to significantly change how residents pay for use of the Transfer Station. The goal is to move towards mostly funding the trash and recycling station through taxes. Read the full article → from Selectmen to discuss proposal to change Transfer Station funding
Flags in Southborough and across the state are flying at half staff until further notice, in honor of Worcester firefighter Lt. Jason Menard who died in a fire this morning. Read the full article → from Why flags are at half staff: November 13, 2019
The driveway for the Public Safety Building has been converted to meet drivers’ traditional expectations. I also got an update on two requests from the public the Public Safety Building Committee discussed at their meeting last week. Read the full article → from Public Safety Building Update: Driveway change implemented; Addressing requests for sidewalk and noise buffering (Updated)